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Old 03-23-2014, 10:42 AM   #14
mickeykreg
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Re: catboat 7 hauler

Did some more messing around with the stance. I had about 3.5" in front by cutting one coil out of C10 coil springs. I decided this was too much for my purposes cause the bump stops were hitting bottom on big bumps. I originally didn't want to cut my original springs, but I did. As it turns out it gave me a perfect 2.5" drop by cutting one coil. This lifted the front back up an inch making it sit level with the 3" in the back and fixing the bump stop bottoming problem in front. I actually like the level look better than a bit of rake anyway.

So as close as i can tell what I've got here is 2.5/3



While I was messing around I did the round eye swap too.



...and swapped the GMC narrow band I got out of the junkyard for $5.50.



Now the job I've been dreading all winter. Gotta change ball joints, control arm bushings, sway bar bushings, and tie rod ends before I take it for an alignment.
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